Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, who has ruled himself out of electoral politics, is likely to file his nomination for the biennial Rajya Sabha election on Friday. The Election Commission has recently announced the election schedule for the Upper House of Parliament. There are seven seats of Rajya […]

Mangalore : The members of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) now led by Rajya Sabha MP and Former chief Minister of UP, Mayavathi (a lawyer) staged a protest rally in front of DCO gates on Friday morning , Nov.29, will hundreds of land less labours and small land holders, demanded justice to the farmers who had […]

New Delhi : A day after Bihar chief minister said Modi is a fascist like Hitler, the BJP launched counter attack by saying that it was language of a loser but wondered why is Nitish Kumar turning a blind eye to corruption in Congress-led UPA government. Replaying the charges Narendra Modi had made against the […]

New Delhi : An unusually combative Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and exuded confidence that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) would return to power based on his government’s performance in the last 10 years. Singh used economics to demonstrate superior performance of his government. “Our […]

New Delhi : Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Friday stressed that the government was not involved in keeping tabs on phone conversations of MPs, even as the Opposition members alleged “official” involvement in the attempts to access call records of BJP leader Arun Jaitley. Shinde, making a statement in the Rajya Sabha, offered details […]

New Delhi : Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today committed yet another gaffe when he named the victims of the Bhandara rape incident in Rajya Sabha which had to be expunged at the intervention of the Leader of the Opposition Arun Jaitley. Pointing out the gaffe, Jaitley, a senior lawyer, said as per law the victims […]

New Delhi : The Congress’ biggest ally, the DMK, joined opposition parties today in attacking the government during a discussion in the Rajya Sabha on alleged war crimes by the state in Sri Lanka against Tamils in that country. In a strong statement, the Tamil Nadu party asked the government it participates in to decide […]

New Delhi : The government’s double victory in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on its decision to allow Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in multi-brand retail opens the way for financial sector reform bills to be taken up in Parliament next week, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath said on Friday. He was speaking […]

New Delhi: The UPA government managed an easy win in the Rajya Sabha when FDI in multi-brand retail came up for voting on Friday. The government’s victory was scripted by Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party. While Mayawati chose to vote in favour of the UPA government, Mulayam Singh’s party MPs staged a walkout […]

New Delhi: After two days of stormy debate, lawmakers in the Lok Sabha voted in favour of the government’s big policy decision to open up the country’s highly-protected retail industry to foreign chains such as Walmart. The focus now shifts to Rajya Sabha. The Upper House will debate and vote on FDI over the next […]